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AIDS

AmfAR Treatment Directory
AmfAR Treatment Directory with information on treatments, clinical guidelines and protocols from the American Foundation for AIDS Research.

The Body: an AIDS Information Resource
An AIDS and HIV information source. Includes information from the International AIDS Conference and covers more than 250 topic areas.

HIV In Site
Gateway to major HIV/AIDS websites sponsored by the major drug companies. Advice for laypersons and health professionals, advocacy, community resources, prevention and policy.

Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Alternative Health Practices
Alternative health practices from the Texas Medical Association with resources for the public and health professionals. An excellent site with links to many reputable organizations.

Alternative Medicine - Health Care Information Resources
From McMaster University Health Sciences Library. Very comprehensive. The first part of the Alternative Medicine section of Health Care Information Resources offers access to general resources on the WWW in Alternative Medicine. Immediately below are links to pages that are inclusive, or encyclopedic, in nature. These first links each offer access to multiple alternative medicine topics.

The Alternative Medicine Homepage
The alternative medicine homepage. Databases, Internet resources, mailings lists and newsgroups, practitioners' directories and government resources.

Herbmed
HerbMed¨ - an interactive, electronic herbal database - provides hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health for professionals, researchers, and general public. HerbMed¨ is a project of the Alternative Medicine Foundation, Inc.

Anesthesiology/Pain

The Virtual Anesthesiologist
Topics cover critical care, trauma, pain management, societies, university department and anesthesia for all types of surgery.

The WWW Virtual Library
The www virtual library: anesthesiology (medicine, biosciences). Comprehensive site with links to organizations, societies, journals, and many international sites.

Associations

The American Association of Medical Colleges
Information about medical schools, teaching hospitals, meetings and advocacy.

The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists
Women's issues, meetings & events, government affairs ACOG release statements and technical help.

American Medical Association
Information for physicians, policy & advocacy, journals and consumer health information.

Bioterrorism

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has put together an online compendium of links to bioterrorism-related articles published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and other CDC publications. The compendium includes links to articles on anthrax, smallpox, and other potential bioterrorism agents. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/indexbt.html

CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The most comprehensive website for health information and bioterrorism. Health alerts, guidelines, recommendations.

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
Excellent source for the latest on anthrax, mass casualty disaster plan checklist and bioterrorism readiness plan.

Center for the Study of Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections
From the St. Louis University School of Public Health. The web site is updated frequently provides topical information, including clinical power point presentations on primary bioterrorism agents.

Texas Department of Health
Web links and excellent disease and infection control fact sheets.

U.S. Department of Defense
Global emerging infections surveillance and response system.

Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies
From Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Public Health. Information for clinicians on anthrax, and JAMA Concensus Statements.

The NBC Medical Defense Information Server
The Nuclear Biological and Chemical Medical Web page contains extensive medical documentation, training material, audio-video clips, a powerful search engine, and links to other related Internet sites.

FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency. Helping people before, during and after disasters.

Material Safety Data Sheets
Population and Public Health Branch – Canada

Medical Library Association
Bioterrorism Bibliographies and Resources

National Guidelines Clearinghouse
Guidelines on Bioterrorism

ANTHRAX:

Anthrax

From the National Library of Medicine. Updated daily with the latest news, an interactive tutorial, overviews, prevention/screening, specific conditions, treatment, children and organizations.

Hardin MD: Anthrax and Anthrax vaccine
Excellent site from the University of Iowa and is updated weekly or more often if necessary. This page provides links to other sites on anthrax.

Countering the Anthrax Threat
This web site is provided as a public service by the Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (AVIP) Agency. Provides information on anthrax including: why anthrax is a threat, what the anthrax vaccine is, what the vaccine does, history of anthrax, and a facts vs. myths section.

Books

Amazon.com
Electronic book vendor. Large database of books, including out-of-print books.

The Library of Congress
Search the catalog of the Library of Congress, the 106th Congress, Library exhibits and the Copyright Office.

Thomas F. Frawley Medical Library Bookstore
Order books and receive a 10 percent discount

LOCATORPLUS
The National Library of Medicine's database of books, journals, audiovisuals and access points of other medical research tools.

Cancer

Cancer.gov
Types of cancer, treatment options, clinical trials, etiology, genetics, support and resources and cancer literature.

Oncolink
Cancer information from the University of Pennsylvania. Clinical trials, frequently asked questions, treatment, global resources, conferences and meeting and more.

SEER Program, National Cancer Institute
Surveillance, epidemiology and end results. The Seer Program of the National Cancer Institute is the most authoritative source of information on cancer incidence and survival in the United States.

Cardiology

Indiaheart
A most comprehensive website. Information on pediatric and critical care cardiology, electrocardiology, cardiac pathology. This website is up-to-date and offers links to many other cardiology websites.

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health.
Information for patients and health professionals

Conferences/Meetings

Congress Resource Guide-Doctor's Guide
Search for congresses by spcialty, date or location

MedicalConferences.com
Over 7000 medical conferences in 100 countries listed. Free site, but registration is required

Medical Meetings Web Search
Worldwide meetings and CME

Consumer Health

Cancer.gov
Gateway to the most recent and accurate cancer information from the National Cancer Institute. The site discusses types of cancer, treatment options, clinical trials, testing, coping mechanisms and cancer literature.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Consumer information about diseases and conditions, travelers' health and other topics.

Childbirth.Org
Childbirth.org emphasizes that childbirth is a natural process and not a medical procedure. Discusses every aspect of pregnancy. Includes a pregnancy calendar, birth plans, information on cesarean births, complications, fertility, and the postpartum period.

ClinicalTrials.gov
The U.S. National Institutes of Health has developed this site to provide patients, family members, and members of the public current information about clinical research studies. The site can be searched by by condition, treatment, or funding organization.

Healthfinder
Provides access to clearinghouses, databases, websites, government reports, self-help groups and organizations that produce reliable information for the public.

Healthweb
Healthweb is a collaborative project of the health sciences libraries of the Greater Midwest Region and provides organized access to evaluated non-commercial, health-related, Internet-accessible resources. Information is categorized and easy to find.

HIVInSite
Gateway to AIDS knowledge, resources and links to major HIV/AIDS web sites, advice, advocacy, community resources, medicine & science, populations and prevention.

Information from your Family Doctor
Offers patient handouts from the American Academy of Family Physicians, health facts, self-care flowcharts, drug information and herbal and alternative remedies.

InteliHealth
Consumer health information from Harvard Medical School. Section on men's and women's health, excellent drug information, USP DI advice for the patient. InteliHealth also provides opportunity to ask questions of specialists.

Low-Literacy Patient Education Handouts
These handouts were prepared by the University of California at San Francisco Homeless Clinic. They are written in simple and clear language and make use of a number of line drawings for those who may not read English very well.

March of Dimes
Health library with infant health statistics, fact sheets, extensive birth defects information, resource center and guide to health pregnancies.

Mayo Clinic Health Oasis
Web site offers current information on important and timely health topics. Any article more than 3 years old is reviewed to ensure it is still appropriate. The site is updated weekly and directed by a team of Mayo physicians, scientists and educators.

MEDEM
The Nation's leading medical societies joined together to created a website with information for the public on life stages, diseases and conditions, therapies and health strategies and health and society.

MEDLINEplus Health Information
One of the best and comprehensive consumer sites available from the National Library of Medicine. Drug information, general health topics, dictionaries, directories and links to a multitude of other resources. An excellent place to start looking for information.

National Institutes of Health
Online consumer health publications from the government listed by keyword or Institute.

National Women's Health Information Center
Sponsored by the U.S. Deparrment of Health and Human Services, this site offers information in both English and spanish on every aspect of women's health.

NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
Award winning consumer health web site, which offers information in both English and Spanish.

Oncolink
Cancer information from the University of Pennsylvania. Clinical trials, frequently asked questions, treatment, global resources, conferences and meeting and more.

Quackwatch
A guide to health fraud, quackery, and intelligent decisions. This site covers a large variety of aspects from questionable advertisements, products, services and theories to non-recommended sources of health advice. Large section on alternative medicine.

SusanLoveMD.com
The website for women. Extensive breast cancer information, new treatments, breaking news, discussion rooms, anecdotal stories.

Well-Connected
Excellent resources for printable consumer health pamphlets, both in English and Spanish on over 3000 diseases. the pamphlets discuss description of disease, etiology, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, complictions and other pertinent information. Short and comprehensive version also available. Please contact library at
medlib@stlo.smhs.com or 314.569.6340 for password.

Critical Care

American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
AAST injury scale, Glasgow coma scale and trauma scores.

Society for Critical Care
Access to guidelines, educational resources, journal clubs, medical devices and links to Critical or Emergency Medicine sites.

Dental Medicine

American Dental Association
Information on practice management, education and career resources, publications, meetings and events. The web site devotes much information to government issues and advocacy. Some of the information on the web site is accessible to ADA members only.

Center for Evidence-based Dentistry
A British site from the Institute of Health Sciences in Oxford, but with links to both Canadian and US information.

Dictionaries/Encyclopedias

Acronym Finder
http://www.acronymfinder.com/

A searchable database with over 228,000 acronyms and abbreviations

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
http://www.bartleby.com/100/

11,000 searchable quotations

Columbia Encyclopedia
http://www.bartleby.com/65/

The 6th edition

Daily Almanac
http://www.refdesk.com/quote.html

Updated daily and access to a wide variety of sources

Deciphering Medspeak
Compiled by the Medical Library Association

Infoplease.com
http://www.infoplease.com/

The Information Please Almanac

Merriam-Webster Online
http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm

Dictionary and thesaurus

Roget's Thesaurus
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html

MedTerms Medical Dictionary
From Medicinenet.com

Online Medical and Science Dictionaries
Links to over 100 medical and science dictionaries and glossaries.

Thesaurus.com
http://www.thesaurus.com/

Online thesaurus, but also access to dictionaries, writing resources and other tools

Yourdictionary.com
http://www.yourdictionary.com/languages.html

A portal with access to more than 1,800 dictionaries with more than 250 languages

Drug and Alcohol Abuse

The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention
From the U.S. Department of Education this website focuses on prevention, with information for parents and students. Grant information available as well as school programs.

The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.
The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence provides education and information to the public. The website offers related links, programs, publications, news and history.

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
This agency's website provides access to an excellent database, commonly referred to as ETOH. which contains over 100,000 records on alcohol abuse and alcoholism. In additon there are links to many government publications, including consumer publications, both in English and Spanish, and Quick Facts, which provides datatables on a number of alcohol-related topics.

SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
A service of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Provides alcohol and drug facts, kids section, databases, links and prevention information.

Electronic Books

Harrisonsonline
Web version of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. For password contact the library at 569-6340. Users can also subscribe to free monthly updates.

STAT!ReF
AHFS Drug Information
Basic and Clinical Pharmacology
Current Cardiology Diagnosis and Treatment
Current Critical Care Diagnosis and Treatment
Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Gastroenterolgoy
Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Orthopedics
Current Emergency Diagnosis and Treatment
Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment
Current Obstetric and Gynecologic Diagnosis and Treatment
Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment
Current Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM IV
Dictionary of Medical Acronyms and Abbreviations
Ellenhorn's Medical Toxicology
Geriatric Medicine
Griffith's 5 Minute Clinical Consult
Medical Immunology
Medicode ICD & CPT Coding
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
Mosby's GenRx: The Complete Generic and Brand Drug Reference
The Oncogene and Tumour Suppressor Gene Facts Book
Review of General Psychiatry
Review of Medical Physiology
Rudolph's Pediatrics
Smith's General Urology
Taylor's Family Medicine: Principles and Practice
Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders
USP DI - Volume I Drug Information for the Health Care Professional
USP DI - Volume II advice for the Patient
Williams Obstetrics

For access to STAT!ReF call the Library for a password at 569-6340.

Electronic Journals

Hardin MD Free Medical Journals
A selected list of free full-text online electronic medical journals. Most are included in MEDLINE.

PubMed Central
PubMed Central provides free online access to the full text of life science research journals. Currently this is not a long list of journals, but a list of forthcoming journals is provided. Direct links from PubMed (MEDLINE).

Emergency Medicine

emedicine: EMERGENCY MEDICINE
An online medical emergency medicine reference book. Frequent updates, index and searchable by textword.

The Emergency Medicine and Primary Care Home Page
Links to pediatric topics, radiology and CT scan libraries, clinical pearls and a residency corner.

Emergency Medicine Residents' Page
This website offers a wealth of resources in emergency medicine, not only for residents. It received an award for its content and organization of its page. This site provides access to organizations, anesthesia and critical care resources, cardiology, EMS and air transport, institutional sites and links to journals and texts.The site also provides patient information. This is an excellent place to start a search.

Virtual ER
Tutorials, residency and fellowship information and related links.

Weekly Web Review in Emergency Medicine
From the Department of Emergency Medicine of Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Website offers analyses of current clinical literature topics in emergency medicine.

Evidence-based Medicine

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services. Access to evidence-based practice, outcomes, technology assessment, funding opportunities, in addition to information for consumers and patients.

Bandolier Evidence-based Health Care
Bandolier is a print and Internet journal about health care using evidence-based medicine techniques to provide information about diseases and treatments for health care professionals and consumers. Excellent links to pain research. Bandolier orginates from Oxford University in England.

Centre for Evidence-based Nursing
From the University of York, England the site provides access to evidence-based nursing, systematic reviews and clinical decision making for nurses.

Evidence Based Health Care Practitioner Links: Health Care Disciplines & Education
International in scope. Resources from the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and the United States. An excellent resource.

Netting the Evidence
A Scharr introduction to evidence-based practice on the Internet. The most comprehensive site available. International in scope with links to a multitude of EBM sites.

Family Medicine

Family Doctor.
Sponsored by the Academy of Family Physicians and offers guidelines and clinical reviews, health facts, self-care flow-charts, and in addition to drug information also offers herbal and altrnative remedies.

Primary Care Internet Guide
This site provides access point to topics pertaining to family medicine ranging from journals, computers, software, family practice worldwide.

Primary Care Clinical Practice Guidelines
Searchable listing of online guidelines grouped by clinical content with index, top diagnoses cross reference, and organization site listings. Other primary care resources include online references, teachng and cross-cultural resources.

Primary Care Resources on the Internet
Medical links and resources for health professionals and lay persons. Evidence-based medicine, continuing medical education, government sources, journals and much more.

Genetics

Genetics and Rare Conditions
From the Department of Medical Genetics at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Information for lay advocacy groups, support groups, genetic conditions and birth defects for health professionals, educators, national and international organizations and children and teen sites.

Human Genome Central
From the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium this site offers access to a number of databases, such as human genome maps, the NCBI and BLAST databases, and ethical, social and legal issues. For ease of access a master web site called Human Genome Central with links to the most useful public resources can be searched.

National Organization of Rare Disorders, Inc.
The NORD website offers access to the rare disease database, an orphan drug database, a used medical equipment exchange, and information regarding programs and services, grants and medical assistance programs.

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
A catalog of human genes and genetic disorders authored and edited by Dr. Victor A. McKusick at Johns Hopkins. The database contains textual information and reference, and has many links to the MEDLINE database. Primarily for use by physicians and researchers.

Geriatrics

American Society on Aging
An organization for professionals interested in the field of aging. This site offers information on conferences, educational products, a job bank and related links on aging.

Elderweb
An impressive collection of links to over 6000 sites on elder care, in addition to information about agencies and associations, regional directories, living arrangements and financial and legal information.

Family Caregiver Alliance
Caregiver support organization for caregivers of adults. Resource center, clearinghouse with diagnoses, statistics, factsheets and publications, news bureau and web links.

Geriatrics & Senior Health
A collection of large and medium-sized lists on aging from Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources. An excellent site to start a search.

GeroWeb
From the Institute of Gerontology at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan this site is for researchers, educators, practitioners and others interested in aging. Information on gerontology, geriatrics, services for the elderly, and other aging concerns.

National Institute on Aging
From the National Institutes of Health this site offers health information, research programs, funding and training, news and health and access to the National Advisory Acouncil on Aging.

Family Caregiver Alliance
Caregiver support organization for caregivers of adults. Resource center, clearinghouse with diagnoses, statistics, factsheets and publications, news bureau and web links.

Government

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
From the Department of Health and Human Services, this web site offers news topics, information for travellers, health topics from A to Z, publications, data and statistics. Information is also available in Spanish.

Fedstats.gov
A gateway to statistics from over 100 agencies

Federal Register
From the National Archives and Records Administration access to the Federal Register Online via GPO. Includes Code of Federal Regulations, Public Laws, U.S. Congress information and the Federal Register database for 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002.

Firstgov
Comprehensive government information representing department, institutes, agencies. State and local information, forms, anything pertaining to government informatin. This site is somewhat overwhelming because of its size.

Food and Drug Administration
Information on food, drugs, medical devices, biologics, animal feed and drugs for livestock and pets, cosmetics, radiation-emitting products, FDA activities, news and much more. This site provides a wealth of information at all levels, consumers, patients, health professionals, industry, press, women, seniors and children.

Forms from the Feds
Downloadable government electronic forms. Not all forms have been included, but most forms requested by the public are available through this site.

Missouri State Government
Provides access to the executive, legislative and judicial branch of the state, with links to state departments, which have their own sites. The web site for the Department of Health provides vital statistics, fact sheets, resource guides and directories.

THOMAS legislative information on the Internet
A service of the Library of Congress. Legislative and congressional information, including bill status, committee reports and public laws.

Health Care Administration

AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Searchable government website with information and links pertaining to expenditures, healthcare costs, outcomes and other data sources.

American College of Healthcare Executives
This organization is known for its credentialing and educational programs, in addition to the publication of its journal, Journal of Healthcare management.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Information is divided into sections for healthcare organizations and professionals, the general public, employers, purchasers, unions and the international community. Links to other health care web sites, how to file complaints, patient safety and sentinel events and the accreditation process.

Toolbox for Health Managers & Administrators
In 1999 this site was named the "Best Health Care Supersite" by Hospitals & Health Networks, which is published by the American Hospital Association. Many, many links to other websites pertinent to managers and administrators in the areas of health economics, medical and insurance legislation, legal issues, regulatory, compliance, policy, business planning resources, human resources and more.

Images/Illustrations

Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray
1,247 engravings from the classic 1918 publication. The subject index has 13,000 entries, and there are banner ads at the top of the pages.

Health on the Net Media Gallery
This media gallery was put together by the Health on the Net Foundation, an international body with the goal of identifying worthwhile sources of health information on the Internet. The gallery is divided into specialty areas and has photos and still images of medical conditions from around the world.

Medical Illustrations and Images
The Karolinska Institute's gigantic index to libraries and collections of images and/or illustrations all over the world. The index of this page is divided into medical specialties, and each specialty has many links to other collections.

Infectious Diseases

American Medical Association
Resources on Infectious Disease Front Page. Links to many resources, not only from AMA journals, but also links to the CDC, conferences, reports and other noteworthy items.

Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
A very comprehensive site from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden with links to sites all over the world.

CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
A weekly publication with disease trends, facts on diseases and related resources, recommendations and reports and surveillance summaries.

CDC National Center for Infectious Diseases
From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia access to preventing diseases, traveller's health, surveillance resources, and emerging infectious disease topics.

The Garry Laboratory Homepage
This is the site for good information about viruses. The links are excellent and very comprehensive. Also excellent for those who wish to learn more about viruses.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
From the National Institutes of Health this site offers access to the research divisions and their activities, grants and clinical trials, publications and links to other sites.

Latex Allergy

MEDLINEPlus Health Information
Consumer health page from the National Library of Medicine at NIH. Sections on latest news, overviews, diagnosis, treatment.

The National Latex Allergy Network
National non-profit organization dedicated to latex hypersensitivity. Many links to other resources, such as gloves, legislation, hospitals and journals.

Latex Allergy Homepage
From the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

American Latex Allergy Association
A national non-profit organization that has designed a web site to provide educational materials and other resources.

Legal Information

FindLaw
A directory for legal information for the legal profession, students, business and the general public. Many access point to all kinds of resources.

Internet Legal Resource Guide
4000 select web sites designed for everyone, lay persons and legal scholars.

Libraries

Becker Library
Search the E-catalog of the Library of Washington University School of Medicine for books, journals and websites.

Library of Congress
Links to the Copyright Office, the collecitons, exhibitions, sites for kids and families and legislative information.

Missouri State Library
The State Library provides library and information services in support of the executive and legislative branches of Missouri State Government. Missouri Census date, directory of Missouri libraries and new federal documents are also available.

St. John's Medical Library E-Catalog
Search for books or journals owned by St. John's Mercy Medical Center Library. The Library's books and journal collections contain print and web versions. For passwords to the web version send an email to
Medlib@stlo.smsh.com

St. Louis Public Library
Information on St. Louis City government, recommended reading by librarians, useful information on St. Louis and a nice directory of Internet links arrnaged by subject.

Mental Health

APA Online
The American Psychological Association's information on testing and assessment with links to other testing websites.

BUROS Institute of Mental Measurements
Tools, test locator and links.

National Institute for Mental Health
Sections for both the professional and the public. Links to clinical trials, news and funding opportunities.

Multicultural Health

Black Health Network
Specific to health issues of African Americans.

Black Health Care.com
This website emphasizes the major chronic diseases that affect African Americans.

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
The CDC Spanish language website.

Healthfinder
A service of the Office of Minority Health to provide consumers and professionals with health information for American Indian and Alaska Native, African American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and Hispanic populations.

National Institutes of Health
A Spanish language page of the National Institutes of Health.

NOAH
New York Online Access to Health. A consumer oriented site with Spanish language resources.

NSW Health
An Australian site from New South Wales provides multilingual health information, including languages such as Serbian, Croatian, Russian, Arabic, Chinese and Vietnamese.

Office of Minority Health
This website provides links to minority liaisons in each state. The OMH Resource Center Health Links takes you to minority information at the Department of Health and Human Services and many other useful links.

University of Utah Health Sciences Center
Patient information in Spanish, a project funded by the National Library of Medicine. Emphasis on cancer, diabetes, infectious diseases and nutrition.

Missouri

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Factsheets, data, surveillance reports and other state health-related resources.

Missouri
Web page for the State of Missouri. Drop down boxes provide access to the Executive, Judicial and Legislative branches of the State government and its State Departments.

Missouri State Archives
A repository for all state records of permanent value, ranging from Missouri historical records to local and state resources.

Missouri Statewide Reference Online
Missouri's Gateway to Internet information, links to current events, history, reference, Census data, health information , government, education and much more.

Neurology

Child Neurology Homepage
Internet resources for professionals and patients.

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Information on diseases, funding, latest news, events and studies seeking patients.

National Stroke Association
A national non-profit organization with the mission to reduce the incidence of stroke. Resources for professionals, patients and caregivers.

Neurosciences on the Internet - Neuroguide.com
A searachable and browsable index of neuroscience resources on the Internet.

Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Guide
Patient site with information related to traumatic brain injury, recovery and post-acute rehabilitation.

Newspapers

St. Louis Business Journal

St. Louis Post-Dispatch


Missouri's Newspapers

Links to Missouri's major newspapers

New York Times
Free access, but registration is required

USA Today

News and newspapers online
Links to international newspapers

50states.com
Links to over 3000 American newspapers

Nursing

allnurses.com
Website organized by category, covering such areas as boards, associations, employment, CE, humor and nursing schools.

Emergency Nursing World
The web sites claims to bring the entire emergency nursing world to your desktop.

Hospital Nursing Services
A collection of links to hospital nursing services. These links are on the Healthweb page, a collaborative project by health science libraries with the goal of providing access to evaluated, non-commercial health related websites.

Martindale's Health Science Guide - The Virtual Nursing Center
Updated daily. Access to dictionaries, information about conferences. Each specialty is represented.

The nursing portal
Virtual nurse has chats, bulletin boards, a nursing search engine, a current issues section and much more.

Nursing Resources
A beginner's research guide.

The nursing theory page
Information on nursing theories and theorists.

Pediatric Critical Care
A multidisciplinary site for pediatric critical care. Clinical resources, research, orgnizations, meetings and web links.

Nutrition

American Dietetic Association
Information for both members and non-members.

The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network
This site is produced in cooperation with the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and the American Dietetic Association. Anything related to food allergies for all ages can be found here.

Foodsafety.gov
Gateway to government food safety information. Consumer advice, safety alerts, information for teens, and links to other government agencies.

Nutrition.gov
Food facts and food safety, lifestyle issues for all age groups, and a wealth of other resources.

PRINS. Professional Resources in Nutrition Science.
Sponsored by the Brooklyn College of Nutrition. Information for students and professionals.

Tufts Nutrition Navigator
An excellent website. A rating guide to nutrition websites. Information for men, women, families, health professionals and links to hot topics.

United States Department of Agriculture
From the Center of Nutrition Policy and Promotion. Access to dietary guidelines, food pyramid, information on nutritious meals and video archives.

Obstetrics/Gynecology

Basic Embryology Review Program
From the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. This site provides an overview from fertilization to birth.

Clinical Trials in Obstetrics and Gynecology
From Centerwatch, a Boston-based publishing and information services company

CliniWeb International
Links to female genital diseases and pregnancy complications

Consensus Statements
NIH Consensus Development Program - Obstetrics and Gynecology

Female genital diseases and Pregnancy complications
From the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Hundreds of diseases classified by subject. Information for health professionals and the general public.

Healthweb
Links to academic institutions and research programs

OBGYN.net
Information for both patients and health professionals

Obstetric Ultrasound
A comprehensive guide and over a hundred links to other sites on women's health and pregnancy

Online Clinical Calculator
From the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin

Perinatology.com
A resource for perinatologists and genetics counselors

Women's Health Information Center
From the Journal of the American Medical Association

Spanish Consumer Health

MEDLINEPlus
One of the very best resources for consumer health from the National Library of Medicine, includes tutorials, encyclopedias and health information.

Patient information materials form the University of Utah

Health information in Spanish from south Texas Community College
This site one of the most comprehensive sites and offers access to government and higher education resources, non-profit organizations and commercial resources. This is the place to start.

New York Online Access to Health
This website is divided into two sections, English and Spanish and updated frequently.

National Women's Health Information en Espanol
Everything related to women's health.

Spanish language publications from the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases

Healthfinder
U.S. government web site with health news, information on selected health topics for all ages.

Easy-to-read Spanish language brochures from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Pamphlets in Spanish from Familydoctor.org

Spanish version of the CDC web site

Patient Education materials from the National Center for Farm Worker Health

An excellent Australian site with resources in many different languages

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